Please see the announcement below for the September interim meeting. It is my hope that we will be resolving initial Sponsor ballot comments at that meeting, and we have been scheduled for meeting time to accommodate that possibility. We will know better at the end of this week if advancing to Sponsor ballot is likely; but the actual decision on advancing to Sponsor ballot will be made at the upcoming July plenary meeting. I look forward to seeing you in San Diego, California, USA in a couple weeks and in Ft. Worth, Texas, USA in September.

Registration is open for the IEEE 802.3 Interim Meeting hosted by Ixia andscheduled for September 12-16, 2016, at the Hilton Fort Worth. I encourageyou to book your hotel room for the meeting as soon as possible.

Complete information about the meeting, including a link to the Hilton'sgroup reservation page is available from the meeting page:

•Scroll to the bottom of the meeting page to see the day-to-dayschedule•The 10Mb/s Extended Reach Single Twisted Pair Ethernet PHY StudyGroup will be added to the schedule pending CFI approval in July•Note that early registration is available through August 16, 2016•Group reservation at the Hilton are based on availability within theroom block; book early to simplify your planning

Please contact the meeting planner with any questions on registration orhotel reservations; an email link is available on the meeting page.